[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?

Sat Jun 11 12:06:55 CEST 2011

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Michael Scherer wrote:
+
+> We can agree that everybody want something newer for some rpms, but few
+> people want everything to be newer ( ie, now one run backports as a
+> update media, I think ). So as much as I am against asking to users
+> questions, we must show them the choice somewhere, in a non obstrusive
+> way.
+
+Maybe, but how would be "support" this? We must be able to reproduce a 
+reported problem. This becomes complicated when we don't know what is 
+installed on the user's system. A guideline for bug reporters is (or 
+should be) "make sure you installed the latest updates". What would be the 
+equivalent for backports? I'm afraid it should be "if you installed any 
+backports, make sure you installed all backports that are relevant for 
+your system". If someone has a problem with any other combination, the bug 
+report might be rejected. How would QA even work when only selected 
+packages are upgraded from backports, or integration testing: 
+integration with what?
+
+So the only combinations we can support are:
+   - release + updates
+   - release + updates + backports
+
+More practical: for mga1 I have a VM that I can keep updated. For mga1 
+backports I can install another VM with backports enabled. But for bugs 
+reported with only selected backports installed I suppose I would have to 
+install a new VM with mga1, update it, and install only those backports - 
+for each bug report. But maybe I'm missing something, please explain. (:
+
+
+     Christiaan
+